CHINE The Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves are complex of Buddhist cave grottos dating from the to century between the cities of Turpan and Shanshan (Loulan) at the north-east of the Taklamakan Desert near the ancient ruins of Gaochang in the Mutou

Loulan in Xinjiang was ancient kingdom based around oases on the Silk Road, century BCE. The early settlers were an Indo-European people, Tocharians as early as 1800 BCE.

Seen here is the landscape of dunes in the Takla Makan (Taklamakan or Taklimakan) Desert on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China is expected to build its first desert airport in Takla Makan Desert in the next five years.

Zoroastrianism - "Zoroaster was thus the first to teach the doctrines of an individual judgment, Heaven and Hell, the future resurrection of the body, the general Last Judgment, and life everlasting for the reunited soul and body.